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The president at the time, president george w. bush, gaifr him clemency from jail time. the president says, i dont know, mknow mr. libby, but for years ive heard he was treated unfairly. hopefully this will help rectify a sad part of his life. the first member of congress to endorse donald trump for the presidency, congressman, thank you for joining us. whats your reaction to this decision, in effect rejecting the recommendation, rejecting what president george w. bush did at going ahead and giv...

Sessions if he could drop charges against arpaio. when he was told that would be inappropriate, he decided to grant him clemency. the white house confirmed that post report saying it was a normal discussion on legal matters. as a reminder, arpaio was convicted for ignoring a judges order to stop detaining people of color that he felt looked like undocumented immigrants. he was facing up to six months in prison, but will not serve any sentence now. joining me, joe arpaios attorney, jack wilenchik...

Man that would never seen the inside of a jail cell had he not chose to serve his country and that is sad. >> that is sad. lets see what brigadeer general does because he decides whether or not this court-martial stands or he could grant him clemency. that would be a fantastic thing. >> im hoping and believing and praying that he will do that based on the evidence that ive seen, anna, were going to stay on this. >> we really appreciate it. our family is praying that the general will do the right...

In missouri this government has not been too lenient with clemencies. in other states like illinois the governor ordered 900 clemency. in missouri we had two. what i think his attorney will reach out to say to the governor, look, this man is a great guy. he hasnt done anything wrong. was burden really on him? isnt the burden on the state? he is out on bail to come and arrest him as they did? that, these are the questions that are being, you know looked at to say look, governor, can you just gran...

Instead of like i said sticking around to face the music. unlike, for example, daniel elsburg who allowed himself to be subjected to prosecution. while i think "the new york times" has been right, theres been some value in the public discussion and the revelations. that we will grant him clemency. wouldnt just be ridiculous to award snowden from being a fugitive from justice. it would encourage every other who thinks about spilling government -- >> that was the first reaction i had. what kind of...

Him. an ohio death row inmate was found dead in his cell days before he was set to be executed. he was found hanging in his cell this morning in cleveland. the prosecutor asked the parole board to grant him clemency. the board and ohios governor denied the request. congress heading out of town and doing little to shed a negative nickname. were talking about that next. >> this week, a space age archaeologist is being called a real life indiana jones. >> i take them on digs. >> armed with sate...

texas. thank you. >> thank you. top of the hour here. welcome back. $2 billion gone. poof. now as he gets called a crook, the man of jpmorgan explains the big time screw up. why jamie dimon warns something has got to be done about the economy before november. youll hear everything, but first this. the russians are turning the table on the united states today. this is him on the left side of your screen. today he is accusing washington of arming the syrian rebels. the united states ...

>> youre in the cnn newsroom. im don lemon. we begin with this tonight. president obama has wanted tax increases to help the economy all along, but republicans resisted. now mr. obama is going back tat to help pay for his new jobs plan. and come monday morning, you are going to be hearing all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett rule, named after one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett. its a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller pe...

were talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little more than $1 trillion in war savings. of course, we do know that the wars in afghanistan and iraq are already going to be winding down. and thats s...

we begin with this, president obama has wanted tax increases all along, but the republicans resisted, but now mr. obama is helping to pay for his new jobs plan and come monday morning your going to hear all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett role, named after warren buffett. a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller percentage than the nations middle class and as candy crawly reports theres already an uproar in washington. >> reporter: the pres...